FS: Tokai Breezysound 1984 (Japan) SOLD

milesington

Selling this beauty because I can only get my knackered old hands around fat necks these days. A TE-50, it was set up beautifully by the legend that was Bill Puplett. It's a sweet instrument with 'that' 60s neck profile - a nice 'C' .The Six digit serial denotes that it's a 1966-70 variant which replicated the Teles from those years. I can say with some confidence that it is a 1984 manufacture as the serial number comes pretty close to other verified 1984 instruments. Also please clock the 'veneer' fretboard - just like my real 64 tele had. It's pretty light too - weight is 7 lbs exactly. And..... it comes with age-appropriate guitar case which has a charm of its own, although admittedly wouldn't offer any protection in the diligent care of airport luggage handlers.
  Neck and body codes match up too - it's a proper 40 year-old with a few small dings , enough to call patina, but nothing on the back of the neck or fretboard to mess with your zone!
£575. Not looking for trades at the mo and would also love it to be collected from York if poss - although a meet-up is also entirely possible.

*I've edited this description following Emiel's useful comments below. He prompted me to delve into the history some more. He's absolutely right about the finish - it's so thin I thought it was cellulose but it's actually poly. 

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JezWynd

Fabulous condition...

milesington

Thanks JezWynd - appreciated !

HarrySeven

Tasty!

maw4neu

Nice !

bodhi

Ooh, that really is nice.

milesington

Thanks Dudes, I'll weigh it tomoz and add to the info. 

GoFish

I love a whiteguard. GLWTS.

milesington

Thanks GoFish - I think there's a subliminal lemon meringue connection !

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Guitargit

Are you edging towards fat-necked trades yet?

milesington

Sorry i missed this Guitargit - I've been away. I've pretty much got all the guitars I need but I might consider a pedal trade or something which doesn't take up too much physical space .... I have clutter issues !

Lebarque

@mileslington Any idea where to get the specs of this lovely guitar? Is it nitro, neck profile measurements, body wood, pickups etc.

How resonant and what's the tone acousticly?

milesington

Hi Lebarque , sorry I missed this - I don't check in that often. Tokai are notoriously terrible for info on old Japanese models. A handful of aficionados have put their own mini databases together but there's no single fount of knowledge anywhere really.  They make their own pickups , it is a nitro finish . I haven't found neck dimensions or profiles logged anywhere , suffice to say that it really is very similar to the 65 tele I used to own neck-wise. However, both Tokai and Fender in the 60s were very much handmade so I'm sure there'll be a lack of consistency in the model lines. It's not particularly loud acoustically but it's balanced and rewarding to play .... certainly not challenging ! It feels just like an old Tele really.